TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - A husband and wife team with 30 years of restaurant experience have opened Lollipops, a Cajun restaurant in Temple, despite facing a month-long delay from a gas leak and statewide industry challenges including rising food costs and declining revenue.

Sharon and Geoffrey Beverly previously operated a Cajun restaurant in Round Rock for 10 years. As they approach retirement, the couple decided to relocate to a smaller town with a more intimate dining space.

“To just be in a place and smaller restaurant where we can interact more with the customers and get to know them and have small conversations and build that repeat of customers coming in,” Sharon Beverly said.

The restaurant’s opening was delayed when a gas leak forced closure during what was supposed to be their

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